Reporters on the Job

December 5, 2008

SPIDER MEN: Colombian golfer Camillo Villegas lines up a putt.

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Villegas' famous move is copied by Japanese teen phenom Ryo Ishkawa.

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• Trendsetter:: Every move in Russian politics is precedent setting, says correspondent Fred Weir, who covered Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's three-hour television appearance Thursday. Mr. Putin began doing these lengthy broadcasts early in his eight-year presidency, separating himself from Russia's first president, Boris Yeltsin, who rarely appeared in public. In doing so, Putin started a tradition. "It was amazing how he could rattle off statistics and remember various aspects of the law. He's really an impressive public figure that way," says Fred. Now Putin's setting the same standard for prime minister and continues to reign supreme over Russia's political theater.

Although the drivers were convinced that she was reporting, they couldn't help but wonder if they'd recognize a RAW agent, Huma says. "They were conferring among themselves asking if RAW has female agents or if an agent would know where to get a great cup of tea in Karachi." But the men soon returned to their tea, agreeing that spies would be snooping around politicians, not truck drivers.